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The teaching plan outlines a 15 minute social studies lesson for grade 4 students on interpreting maps, where students will learn about map elements like legends, symbols and scales and practice interpreting maps through a mystery clues game before creating their own fictional island maps incorporating at least 3 mapping elements which will be assessed. Materials needed include various example maps, a sample fictional island map, blank paper and the assessment rubric, with the lesson consisting of an introduction on map elements, the interactive mapping game, individual map creation time, and a closure discussion on the importance of maps.

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Microteach Lesson Plan

The teaching plan outlines a 15 minute social studies lesson for grade 4 students on interpreting maps, where students will learn about map elements like legends, symbols and scales and practice interpreting maps through a mystery clues game before creating their own fictional island maps incorporating at least 3 mapping elements which will be assessed. Materials needed include various example maps, a sample fictional island map, blank paper and the assessment rubric, with the lesson consisting of an introduction on map elements, the interactive mapping game, individual map creation time, and a closure discussion on the importance of maps.

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Teaching Plan

Teacher Name Shane Donovan Date 11/07/2018


Subject Area Social Studies Grade 4 (Microteach)
Topic Interpreting Maps Time 15 Minutes

Learning Objectives Students will:


4.S.3.2 -construct graphs, tables, charts and maps to interpret information
4.S.3.4 -use cardinal and intermediate directions to locate places on maps and
globes
Assessment Students will hand in their individual “fictional island” maps that they create
in class with at least 3 of the mapping elements that we've discussed
incorporated

Check-in with students as they create their “fictional island” maps and ask
them questions about their own maps through the lens of the “assessing map
reading” rubric provided by learnalberta.ca

Materials - A few maps of Alberta to display on the smart board to use as examples of
the various elements of maps (road map, relief map, resource map)
- Sample fictional island map for the teacher to display on the smart board and
paper copies of the same map to hand out to each student
- Blank paper for each student
- Students own pencils/colours/rulers

Introduction Show the class the various maps of Alberta one at a time and ask them to
brainstorm the mapmaking elements that they see and write the list on the
Time: 4 Minutes white board
- Purpose of maps, types of maps, elements of maps/what to include, how to
use and read maps, etc.

Display the sample map which should illustrate various basic map elements
and go over these elements with the class
- Hand out individual copies of the sample map to each student

Body Play a mystery clues game (3 Minutes)


Play with the entire class by asking students questions that require them to
Time: 10 Minutes interpret each of the elements found on the map (they can follow along using
their paper copy of the map)

examples:
-Which direction must I travel to get from Divoltown to Blent
-Is Cariopolis closer to the Meshonic forest or is Nuk closer to Mt. Yeppin?
-If I travel south from Gorn will I get to Tung or Uptis first?
-Which is the closest castle to Tipo?
Create a Fictional Island (6 Minutes)
Students now have some time to create their own individual fictional islands
using at least 3 of the discussed elements of maps (legend, colours, symbols,
compass rose, scale, labels)
-encourage students to get creative and artistic with the islands (they don't
have to be realistic, they can be fantastical like in the sample)
-walk around the class while the students are creating their fictional islands
and check-in to make sure they understand the basic mapping techniques and
their purposes by asking example questions in relation to their maps

Hand-in (1 Minute)
Collect the fictional islands from the students to look at later and make sure
the students correctly incorporated at least 3 of the discussed map elements

Closure After the maps are collected discuss why maps are important and why we
would want to know how to read and make them
Time: 1 Minute - Elements used in maps are universal
- Maps can be used to find where you are, where you are going, historic facts,
natural resources, regions, national parks, hiking trails, rivers and lakes and a
lot of other important information
- Being able to read the various types of maps and create maps that other
people can read are useful everyday skills

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